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A family name on West 14th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Thomases

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named Thomas at four addresses in 1940, all on West 14th Avenue, with the close spelling Thoms. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 126 other streets too, all listed on the Thomas name's own page.

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Where the Thomases lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1390 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Mrs M P Thomas 1940
    • Margaret L Thomas, a stenographer at the Canadian General Electric 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M E M M Tate at 1376. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1546 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Phillip A Thomas, a clerk 1940

    Next door in 1940: calmont apts at 1536 and H H Davis at 1556. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1716 West 14th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • P C Thomas 1940

    Next door in 1940: W H Stewart at 1706 and R S Hudson at 1726. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    3249 West 14th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E Thomas, a presser at Fit-Well Garments 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M Gibson at 3241 and Mrs M McNevan at 3281. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for three of the five: a clerk, a presser and a stenographer.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (3) and Kitsilano. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.

The story, address by address

In 1940 the directory lists Mrs M P Thomas at 1390 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Mrs Marion P Thomas there as the householder, with Margaret L Thomas, a stenographer at the Canadian General Electric. The 1940 name section lists Phillip A Thomas at 1546 West 14th Avenue, a clerk. P C Thomas is listed at 1716 West 14th Avenue in 1940; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark).

In 1940 the directory lists E Thomas at 3249 West 14th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Edward Thomas there as the householder, a presser at Fit-Well Garments.

Today

1390 West 14th and 3249 West 14th still have their buildings from before 1946, 1390 West 14th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1546 West 14th (1955) and 1716 West 14th (1989) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under T. Want a name removed? Tell us.